June Owen

(From Parker Mortuary)

Dorothy June Owen, age 83, Joplin, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 25, 2014.

June was born August 19, 1931 in Joplin, daughter of the late Richard Alvey Palmer and Elizabeth Jane Palmer. She graduated from Joplin High School, and began a long career as a bookkeeper, first with A.Y. McDonald, then later with Joplin Public Schools, and the Sands Motel, and finally retired from the State of Missouri in 1998.

It was at the Sands Motel that she met and married W. E. "Bill" Owen in 1962. After 45 years of marriage, he preceded her in death by seven years. In addition to her parents and husband, June was preceded in death by a great-grandson, Silas Connelly, and her seven siblings.

She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. She and her family enjoyed many trips to the lake, and loved boating. She and Bill also enjoyed traveling, and took many trips to visit their multitude of friends around the country.

Surviving family members include her children, Charla Owen Connelly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jana Owen Brown of Joplin, David Owen and wife Kitty of Brooklyn, New York, and Steven Owen and wife Phyllis of Shawnee Mission, Kansas; grandchildren, M. Blake Connelly and wife Courtney of Tulsa, Amanda Connelly Dancler and husband Simon of Denver, Colorado, Katelyn Brown Haight and husband Travis of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Robert Owen of Springfield, Missouri; great-grandchildren, Elliot Connelly, Talan Haight, and the forthcoming, Miles Dancler.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Parker Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Joe Crosthwait officiating. Interment will follow in Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery with family serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at Parker Mortuary on Monday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

The family would also like to encourage friends and family to fellowship after the committal service at St. Paul United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall..

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Silas Program (named after her great-grandson) at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma care of Parker Mortuary in memory of June.